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(5) Infant Life Protection.
No. on Register, 1st January, 1951:—
Foster mothers 11
Foster children 10
No. on Register, 31st December, 1951:—
Foster mothers 15
Foster children 11
(6) Child Minders (Daily Guardians).
No. of Daily Guardians:—
Statutory —
Voluntary 46
No. of Children Minded:—
Statutory —
Voluntary 4
(7) Care of Premature Infants.
No. of premature births during the year 93
No. of deaths under 1 month 9
(8) Diphtheria Immunisation.
No. of children who completed a full
course of primary immunisation:—
Under 5 years of age 918
5-14 years of age 274
No. of children who were given a secondary
or re-inforcing injection 831
(9) Vaccination.
No. of children successfully vaccinated 360
No. found to be insusceptible to vaccination
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(10) Domestic Help Service.
No. of cases in which help was provided:—
Maternity (including expectant mothers) 30
Tuberculosis 18
Other 621
4. Notification of Births.
1,263 live births (623 male and 640 female) and 29 stillbirths (14
male and 15 female) were notified during the year. These figures
represent corrected totals after adjustment for inward and outward
transfers.
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